The art and practice of landscape gardening (1890)
Milner, Henry Ernest · London : The author : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent · leaf 56
th the upper edge of the slope. The steps and the plinthshould range with the slope. The width of the plinth will vary toaccord with the dimensions of the whole flight, but the ordinaryrule is 1% in. for each foot in the breadth of the flight. For anyordinary flight of terrace steps, the plinth… … THE TERRACE. 27 plinth. In selecting such vases, in which flowers are to be planted,choose those forms that admit of the flowers being placed close tothe edge. The margin of the vase should rather tend inwards thanoutwards. It should not form an overhanging lip. In ordinary-circumstances the plinth…
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